entrarci

Italian

Verb

entràr ci (pronominal, first-person singular present ci éntro, first-person singular past historic ci entrài, past participle entràtoci, auxiliary èssere)

to be able to be contained in; to fit
questa maglia nella valigia non ci entra
this shirt in the suitcase it doesn't fit
(intransitive or transitive)^{[u 1]} to have to do with
Alternative forms: (heavily proscribed) c'entrare^{[u 1]}, (heavily proscribed) c'entrarci

io non c'entro
It has nothing to do with me

Usage notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sense 2 is often colloquially rebracketed by merging the c' into the stem and treated as a further sense of the unrelated verb centrare (“to hit in the center; to center”). This, aside from an apostrophe visible only in written language, leads to spoken usage like having c'entrare instead of entrarci as the infinitive or centrando instead of entrando(ci) as the gerund. The usage of these forms is heavily proscribed, but the conflation of the two verbs is undeniable, as the verb entrarci, even when spelled with the right apostrophes and by using the right infinitive, etc. is now widely used transitively, as in questo non c'entra niente (“this has nothing to do with it”, literally “this has to do with nothing”), which only makes sense if the verb is analised as a further sense of centrare (“to center”), since entrare (“to enter”) is intransitive. The proscribed form also remained fossilised as standard in the Maltese descendant ċċintra.

Conjugation

Conjugation of entràr ci (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	entràr ci
auxiliary verb		èssere	gerund		entràndoci
present participle		entrànteci	past participle		entràtoci
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	ci éntro	ci éntri	ci éntra	ci entriàmo	ci entràte	ci éntrano
imperfect	ci entràvo	ci entràvi	ci entràva	ci entravàmo	ci entravàte	ci entràvano
past historic	ci entrài	ci entràsti	ci entrò	ci entràmmo	ci entràste	ci entràrono
future	ci entrerò	ci entrerài	ci entrerà	ci entrerémo	ci entreréte	ci entrerànno
conditional	ci entrerèi	ci entrerésti	ci entrerèbbe, ci entrerébbe	ci entrerémmo	ci entreréste	ci entrerèbbero, ci entrerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	ci éntri	ci éntri	ci éntri	ci entriàmo	ci entriàte	ci éntrino
imperfect	ci entràssi	ci entràssi	ci entràsse	ci entràssimo	ci entràste	ci entràssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
imperative		éntraci	ci éntri	entriàmoci	entràteci	ci éntrino
negative imperative		non entràrci, non ci entràre	non ci éntri	non entriàmoci, non ci entriàmo	non entràteci, non ci entràte	non ci éntrino

Related terms

entrare

Anagrams

trincare, trincera, trincerà

[centrare-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sense 2 is often colloquially rebracketed by merging the c' into the stem and treated as a further sense of the unrelated verb centrare (“to hit in the center; to center”). This, aside from an apostrophe visible only in written language, leads to spoken usage like having c'entrare instead of entrarci as the infinitive or centrando instead of entrando(ci) as the gerund. The usage of these forms is heavily proscribed, but the conflation of the two verbs is undeniable, as the verb entrarci, even when spelled with the right apostrophes and by using the right infinitive, etc. is now widely used transitively, as in questo non c'entra niente (“this has nothing to do with it”, literally “this has to do with nothing”), which only makes sense if the verb is analised as a further sense of centrare (“to center”), since entrare (“to enter”) is intransitive. The proscribed form also remained fossilised as standard in the Maltese descendant ċċintra.

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